Hi All!
TL;DR
Outbreak: The New Nightmare will leave Steam Early Access in Jan. 2018. When it leaves Early Access, the price will increase. Buy it before then if you want in at the lower price point and it's on sale right now for Halloween at 40% off!
Outbreak has come so far...
I started working on the Outbreak series over two years ago and it has been an awesome experience building new survival horror games. I set out as a single developer with virtually no budget and the majority of these games were assembled by me working very long hours for years.
But I also had some amazing help from key people like Standemonium!! who was responsible for designing the layout to the Office and City locations with me, and from folks like Mr RSpeedy who has been an awesome community leader, tester and creator of content. And of course these games could not have been made possible without the fantastic creators on the Unity Asset Store, which I purchased many asset packs to put the overall experience together. Despite the long hours that I put in daily for years to get everything assembled and working, it has been an awesome experience and I'm so excited for what has been built.
My dream when starting the original Outbreak (2D) was to eventually build a 3D HD survival horror game that pays homage to the classics I loved so much. I'm very excited to be here in October 2017 and see that Outbreak: The New Nightmare has fulfilled that dream I had.
Leaving Early Access in Jan. 2018 + Price Increase
With the remaining primary game content coming into place rapidly, it's now time to set a deadline for leaving Early Access. Outbreak: The New Nightmare will leave Steam Early Access in January 2018. When it moves to a full release, the price will increase. I wanted to announce this far in advance so folks who are interested can buy it at the lower price point. It's even on sale right now for 40% off! It was very important for me to offer the game at a discount during Early Access to help support the growth the community. It has been the same price from the day it launched with just three paltry scenarios to today where it sports so many more! I genuinely appreciate everyone who joined and played the game while it was under heavy development since then.
Awesome Additions During Early Access
Early Access has been an invaluable tool for me to gather community feedback. The community has been integral in requesting new features, reporting bugs and helping me to guide the overall mechanics getting implemented.
Here's just a short sample of what was added during Early Access (there's no way to list it all):
- Massive performance improvements across the entire game!
- 13 new scenarios and 4 brand new locations!
- 2 new playable survivors!
- Two new monster types including a brand new acid spit attack!
- An XP/Leveling system with abilities and unlocks.
- Tank controls!
- The DMR!
- The Nightmare difficulty and significant rebalancing of all other difficulties.
- Improvements to the map including scrolling and zooming!
- Massive amounts of smaller features and fixes to improve the overall QoL of the game.
- Tons of feedback submitted directly by the community that has been integrated into the game.
- And much, much more...
Thank You!
Outbreak: The New Nightmare is a game I always wanted to play but no one seemed to want to make. The response from the community has been fantastic and I'm genuinely excited for the future of the game. Once we leave Early Access, you can continue to expect patches and features (but maybe not at the breakneck speed we've seen in Early Access). Outbreak and Outbreak: The New Nightmare will continue to be supported for many years to come.
Thank you again to everyone who has been supporting the game. We'll keep working to polish as much as we can in the lead up to leaving Early Access. Keep posting feedback and comments on the message boards. if you enjoy the game and feel it deserves it, a positive Steam review is massively appreciated.
Thank you! ːsteamhappyː